# छगल
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ছগল (Assamese script)
* ᬙᬕᬮ (Balinese script)
* ছগল (Bengali script)
* 𑰔𑰐𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀙𑀕𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* ဆဂလ (Burmese script)
* છગલ (Gujarati script)
* ਛਗਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌛𑌗𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦖꦒꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂓𑂏𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಛಗಲ (Kannada script)
* ឆគល (Khmer script)
* ຉຄລ (Lao script)
* ഛഗല (Malayalam script)
* ᡮᠠᡤᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘔𑘐𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠼᠠᠺᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦴𑦰𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐕𑐐𑐮 (Newa script)
* ଛଗଲ (Odia script)
* ꢘꢔꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆗𑆓𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖔𑖐𑖩 (Siddham script)
* ඡගල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩢𑩞𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚐𑚌𑚥 (Takri script)
* ச²க³ல (Tamil script)
* ఛగల (Telugu script)
* ฉคล (Thai script)
* ཚ་ག་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒕𑒑𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨤𑨍𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From an unattested छग (chaga) (compare छाग (chā́ga)) +‎ -ल (-la), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sčágas (compare Ossetian цӕҕӕ (“billy-goat”) and Wakhi čəɣ̌ (“kid”)), either from a potential Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱégos (“goat, sheep”) (compare Proto-Germanic *skēpą), or a borrowing from a substrate language.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕʰɐ.ɡɐ.lɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈt͡ɕʰɐ.ɡɐ.l̪ɐ/

### Noun

छगल • (chagalá) stem, m
* a goat
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अज
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā)

#### Derived terms

* छागल (chāgala) (vṛddhi derivative)
* Assamese: ছাগল (sagol), ছাগলী (sagoli)
* Bengali: ছাগল (chagol), ছাগলী (chagoli)
* Gujarati: છાગળ (chāgaḷ)
* Hindustani: chāgal
    Hindi: छागल
    Urdu: چَھاگَل (chāgal)
* Maithili: chāgar
    Devanagari script: छागर
    Tirhuta script: 𑒕𑒰𑒑𑒩
* Marwari: छागळ (chāgaḷ)
* Punjabi: chāgal
    Gurmukhi script: ਛਾਗਲ
    Shahmukhi script: چھاگَل
* छगली (chagalī)
* Maithili: chagrī
    Devanagari script: छगरी
    Tirhuta script: 𑒕𑒑𑒩𑒲
* छगलिका (chagalikā)
* Pali: chakalī
* Prakrit: *𑀙𑀕𑀮-𑀈𑀕𑀸 (*chagala-īgā), 𑀙𑁂𑀮-𑀈𑀆 (chela-īā)
** Middle Bengali: ছালিয়া (chaliẏa), ছেলিয়া (cheliẏa)
*** Bengali: ছেলি (cheli), ছেলে (chele)
** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
*** Gujarati: છાળી (chāḷī)
*** Marwari: छाळी (chāḷī)
** Hindustani: cherī
    Hindi: छेरी
    Urdu: چھیرِی (cherī)
** Old Marathi: śeḷī(meṃḍhī), seḷī
    Devanagari script: शेळी(मेंढी), सेळी
    Modi script: 𑘫𑘹𑘯𑘲(𑘦𑘹𑘽𑘛𑘲), 𑘭𑘹𑘯𑘲
*** Marathi: शेळी (śeḷī)
** Odia: ଛେଳି (cheḷi)
** Punjabi: chēlī
    Gurmukhi script: ਛੇਲੀ
    Shahmukhi script: چھیلِی
* छगलक (chagalaka)
* Pali: chakalaka
* Prakrit: 𑀙𑁂𑀮𑀕 (chelaga), 𑀙𑁂𑀮𑀬 (chelaya)
** Marwari: छाळौ (chāḷau)
** Punjabi: chēlā
    Gurmukhi script: ਛੇਲਾ
    Shahmukhi script: چھیلا

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Phalura:
    Perso-Arabic: چھال
    Latin: čhaál
* Pali: chakala
* Prakrit: 𑀙𑀕𑀮 (chagala), 𑀙𑁂𑀮 (chela)
** Hindustani: cher
    Hindi: छेर
    Urdu: چھیر (cher)
** Maithili: chēr
    Devanagari script: छेर
    Tirhuta script: 𑒕𑒹𑒩
** Old Punjabi: ਛੇਲ (chela)
* Sindhi: (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))
    Arabic script: ڇيلو
    Devanagari script: छेलो
    Khudabadi script: 𑋁𑋥𑋚𑋧 (chelo)
* Old Marathi: seraḍuṃ (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀉𑀓- (-uka-))
    Devanagari script: सेरडुं
    Modi script: 𑘭𑘹𑘨𑘚𑘳𑘽
* Old Marathi: sāgaḷa
    Devanagari script: सागळ
    Modi script: 𑘭𑘰𑘐𑘯
* Hindustani: chagal
    Hindi: छगल
    Urdu: چَھگَل (chagal)
* Marwari: छगळ (chagaḷ)

### References

* ↑ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 140: “*(s)k̂egos”
* ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 3

### Further reading

* “छगल॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 176, column 1.
* Monier Williams (1899) “Chagalá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404, column 1.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chagala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 271